Aerating and bottling machine



Jan. 6,*1931. A. J. BILLOWS 1,7885346 AERATING AND BOTTLING MACHINE Filed April 27, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet l /m/E Nro/ fr/1171 d, 57A L 014/6 Jan. 6, 1931. A. J. BlLlTow A1,738,346

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AERATING JXND BOTTLING MACHINE- Filed April 27, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 /IYVE/YTOC. 677/06 d. B/LL o WS Patented Jan. 6, 1931 'waren STATES 1P ATENT zoFFlics 'IsTnATnIx'or sAID Anm-HUN JAMES BILLOWS, DECEASED AERATING AND :eoTTLING MAcHiNE Application med-April 27, laasyseriai No. arawafana `nl Great Braeiavo'ctober a?, 19.27'.v

vThis invention relates to aerating and bottling machines of the kind wherein the bottle is insertedL in'a bottle-holding device with the Aneckgripped by aresilient gasket forming part of aliller head, the latter being provided with a snift and liquid supply andY means for thezcrown-:cork sealing or closure of the bottle imouth.

The present 'invention` in its widest aspect,

consists in the combination in a machine of the 'foregoing kind, `of an laerating chamber (as is usual in machines heretofore proposed,

ubut wit-houtthe gasket and crown-sealing devices) and valvemechanism to controlthe -su-pplyofV gas to Vsaid chamber and aerated vliquid therefrom to the filling head, whereby there vis provided a single machine which aerates, lfills, snifts and crown-seals a bottle. In the present invention the sealing of the crown cork `is effectively'per-formed without the `aid ofany screw mechanism by `means of a simple., easy.andquicklyhand-actuated cam device which'ensures leakless crowning, only one operator beingrequired foi-.working the machine Afor any carbonated bott-led beverage.l

Forja ready `understanding ofthe invention, reference is to be had `to the following description and. accompanying sheets `of drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front View, partly in section, of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention. l-

Figure@ is a right handside view thereof, the hand wheel and its supporting pedestal Abeing omittedfor clearness.

lFigure 3 vis a left hand side view -of the ma'chine, parts -of the frame thereof being lbrokenaway.

Figure 4 -is atop pla-n view of said ma- 40 chine. w

Figure 5 Iis aview,drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrative of the V `cam carrier and its cams hereinafter referred to.

AIAlligure 6 is atop plan view thereof.

'Figure Tis va central vertical sectional view through `the .filling head -o-f. the machine, showing` also "cam carrier and snifting valve.

Figure 8 is a Vvertical 'sectional view illus- 'trative .of the deli-very Avalve jof the faerating vessel andvalvekactuatingmeans.

l Figure 9 isa vertical sectional view ,illustrative of the gas 1admission valve and valve- `actuating means.

' "gure lOis a fragmentary sectionalview, drawn lto an enlarged scale, illustrative of the admission valve. v Figure l1 is afragmentary sectional view, idra-wn to an enlarged scale, illustrative of the -snift-ing valve. f

.FigurelQis avertical sec-tional view illuse, trative of -'tlie f crown Vpressed fingers.Vv

`liligure'13yis a vertical sectional view illusltrative `of vthe .bottle elevating Adevice hereinafterreferred to. ,v 7 y Figure lll'is a top plan view thereof. 'Figure' l5 is atop plan view illustrative Vof .the presser vplate hereinafter referred to.

'Figure' -lisa vertical sectional view taken Yon line lG-el of sa1d-F1gure` l5. o y

Like numerals of `reference indicate corre-Y sponding parts in 'the' several figures.

In *carrying `out the vinvention, and referring first tofFigures l to 4l -of` thedrawings tl1e machine consists of a vertically gasket and its spring-f disposed skeleton-like lframe l, 1 on the hori-4 Zontally ,disposed ytop partof `which isfixedly secured by its lowerflangedcover 2 the mixing or aerating and compressor vessel 3, said cover 2 having formed integral therewith the vfilling-:head d which depends centrally and `vertically therefrom, and on the outside of one of the vertical Vstandards l, l of the frame there is :mounted a vertically disposed pump 5,-sa-id pump being double-acting and of the tail-rod type.

0n a bracket@ which extends horizontally 'from the 'standardal aforesaid and above the `pump 5 there is mounted ay vertically disposed pedestal 7 provided atthe top with a bearing .in which is rotatably mounted an axle V8.

Awhich at its outer end `is fitted with a wheel 9 of convenient .diameterV and width and is cranklOthere is connected'the big'end of the connecting rod 12' of the Apump 5 Vfrom the `valvebozzesiof which two pipes13,18, which l'mergefnt'o-one,areconnectediup tothe @over f mit ' a cam plate, respectively 17 and18. j

The cam plate 17 serves to actuate the gas` admission valve 19 (see Figures 9 and 10),

whilst the cam plate 18 servesto actuate the liquid delivery-valve 2O (see Figure 8), the shape and positioning of the cam plate 17 regulating the duration of time said admission valve 19 is open andthe cutting out:

thereof, whilst the shape and positioning of the cam plate 18 regulates the delivery' valve.

20 as to the amount of aeratedliquid to be discharged and the cut out thereof, said cams 17 and 18 actuating s aid valves 19 and 2O Y through the movement of the connecting rod 12, that is to say, as the carrier 16 is travelled f' by the connecting rod in an elliptical path.

Vrlhe gas admission valve 19 (see Figures 9 and l10)v is spring-pressed` andis slidably' mounted in a horizontally disposed chamber 21 formed in the cover 2 of the areating ves-- sel 3. The tail end of the valve stem 22 is formed with longitudinally disposed slots 23 therein which communicate with the chamber 21. and also with the gas adniisison pipe 24 which is connected up toa hollow plug 25 v which closes the outer end of said chamber 21,

and in which plug 25 the slotted tail end of the valve stem 22 is slidably mounted.

rlhe valve 19 is provided with longitudinally rdisposed slots 26 therein, and normallyT contacts with thevvalve seat 27 to close the port 28 therein which communicates with the gas passage 29 leading Yinto the aerating vessel 3 aforesaid.

ldith the front face of the valve 19 there contacts `theinner end of a horizontally disposed spindle 30.which by its outer end is carried by a sleeve 31 slidably mounted in a chamber 32 in thecover 2 aforesaid, the outer end 33 of said sleeve 32 being conveniently rounded-off and adapted to contact with and travel over the cam plate 17 aforesaid. The

innerend of the spindle isslidably mounted in the port 28 and is provided with longitudinally.disposedslots 34 which terminate in a circumferential groove 35. Y

The above'arrangement is such that when thecam plate 17 engages the end of the sleeve i 31, it pushes the same and withit the spindle A3() inwardly, thereby also Vforcing the valve 19, againstthe action of its spring, from off the valve seat 27.' Y

This allows of the passage o'fgas from gas admission pipe 24 to aerating chamber 3, by

" way of the slots 23 in valvestem 22, chamber V21, slots 26 invalve 19, slots 34-and the cirures terior of the iillingghead.V

cumferential groove 35 in the spindle 30, and

gas passage 29 to aerating chamber 3 aforesaid, the valve 19 'remaining open during such time as the end 33 of the sleeve 31 is in contact with the face of the cam plate 17 but y closing directly cam plate 17 slips the end 33 of the sleeve 31. Y

The aeratedliquid delivery valve`20 (see Figure 8) is spring-pressed, and is slidably mounted in a horizontally:disposed chamber 36 in the cover 2 aforesaid, and with the front face of said valve 2O there engages the inner end of a spindle 37 which is carried by a sleeve 38 slidable in a chamber v39 in said cover 2,

said sleeve 38 having a rounded-off end 40 adapted to contact` withV the cam plate 18 aforesaid.`

The chamber 36 communicates by way of a vertically disposed tube 41 with the interior I of the aeratingvessel 3 aforesaid, and also byv way of the passages 42, 43 with the interior e (shown in dot-and-dash lines in Figure 8) of the filler head 4 of the machine.

The above arangement is such that 'when the cam plate 18 engages the 'end 40 of the sleeve 38, it pushes said sleeve 38 and -with it the spindle 37 and valve 20 inwardly, against the action of the spring of saidyalve 20, thereby uncovering the:l port 44 whichcon- -nects together the chamber 36 and the vertif4 cally disposed tube 41 aforesaid.

' This allows of the aerated liquid (provided it be above the level ofthe top of the tube41) being forced by the pressure of gas within the vessel 3, out of said vessel 3 by way of tube 41, chamber 36,'andpassages 42, 43 in the in Theliquid continues to flow so longas the end of the sleeve 38 is on contact with the face of the cam plate 18 aforesaid, the valve 20, directly theend 40 :of the sleeve 38 slips the cam plate 18, moving forward/under the action of its spring to cover up the port 44, thereby stopping the flow of aerated liquid.

v lhe vessel 3 can be drained olf, when rei quired, by way of the passage 45 and thatl part of the chamber 36 behind vthe valve 20 after removingthe plug 46 which closes said chamber. f

Between the aforesaid valves, and in they filling head 4 and in *he left hand sidethereof so as to snift away from the operator, there is provided a snifting valve adapted to be actuated by the rounded-off end 47 yof the crank pin 11 of the crank disc 10 aforesaid. s

The snifting valve consists, as shown in Figure 7, in a spindle 48 slidable in a removable plug 49 in a'lug 50 depending from the cover 2, and a headl lslidable in a chamber 52 in the lillinghead4 `and adapted to close the port 53 therein.

The spindle 48 is carried by the rear end of a rectangular frame 54 whose` long sides are slidably mounted in grooves 55y (see Fig- 3, 8 and '9), iny sides ofthe lillerhead l j Lnrssae v 4, the front end of said rectangular frame 54 being fitted with a rounded boss 56 adapted to be engaged by the end l47 of the crank pin 11 aforesaid. i

On the crank pin 11 engaging the boss 56,

Vthe frame 54, and with it the valve5f1, is

pushed back against the action of a tension spring 57 interposed between the plug 49 at its ends to said plug and said frame in any suitable manner, thereby uncovering the port- 57 and allowing of the snifting to atmosphere by way of port 57.

Further,the aerating vessel 3 aforesaid is at the top thereof' (as shown in FigureV 1) provided with a safety valve 58 which can" be regulated and set to blow-off at any re-" quired or desired pressure, and to said valve 58 there is connected, a vertically depending tube 59 which extends a convenient distance down inside said aerating vessel so that when U the frame of the machine and at the bottom thereof there is provided (as shown in Fig-l, ures 1 and 8) a hand-operated bottle elevat i ing device.r p `i This device consists as shown in Figures- 1 and 3, and also Figures 13 and 14) ofa horizontally disposed base plate 60 provided with a vertically disposed upstandingrectangular post 61 of convenient height, and at the lower part of each of two opposite sides of said post 61 there is pivotally mounted the lower end of a gravity cam-shapedI plate 62, which plates at a convenient distance back of said post are bolted together by a cross-bar 63, and to said plates 62 and at a convenient distance above the pivots thereof the ends of the arms 64 of a forkended handled lever 65 are vflxedly connected, said fork-ended handled lever 65 extending upwardly and forwardly a convenient angle and length.

The post 61 aforesaid is at its upper part provided with a central andv vertically dis-y posed bore in which is slidably mounted thestem 66 of a block 67 in which is rotatably mounted a horizontally disposed pin 68 whose ends extend beyond the sides of the block 67 and rest on the cam edges 69 of the plates 62 aforesaid, and on the top of said block there is provided a cup-shaped bottle plate 1 70 which is fitted interior-ly with a rubber pad 71 on which to stand the bottom of a bottle.

Further, 'the base plate 60 aforesaid is mounted on a wooden board 72, of a springy nature, which counteracts the shock occasioned at the heaviest point when the crowning of the bottle takes place.

On the inside of each of the oppositely disheight above floor level there is provided an inward and horizontally extending bracket 73 for the removable reception'thereon of the bottle `elevating device, thus providing for smaller .sized bottles beingl used.

(see lfigures'l Aand 8) which, byits forkedl *lever end l775, pivotally supports (see Figures i l. 7, 15 `.and 16); a" circular :disc or Ypresser and the rear end of the frame 54 and secured J plate,76 with an upwardly Vand inwardly' ta- 'pered hole 77 therethrough,'t positoonedun;-y ,i

der the filling .head-4. v

rlhe crowning die (see Figures '7` andi-2) *eonsistsof a cylindrical member 781 provided externally with verticalgrooves in which are tted spring-pressed klingers '79, each prog vided at their Flower` endwithan inturned projection 80, f said fingers 79, and their springs, being retained in position by metal sleeve 81 which tightly enoases the cylindrical memberf7 8 aforesaid. The die aforesaid -Which fits in a circular and centrally/"disposed recess 82 in the fill# ingheadfflis formed-withpassages `88 and 84 therethrough, one passage 83 communicating Withthe liquid deliverypassage 42, Vtheother passage 84 communicating with 'thegsnifting port53-aforesaid. L j inoperation, the pump-is connected up with-the source of :beverage supply, A Vseal v"85 lis then inserted through thehole 77 of the;

presser plate'76 into thecrowndie Qsee Figbyitheinger tips 80.`

A bottle is ythen placed on the rubber pad the filling h'ead 4 and; inthe -holenof the presser'plate 76. The handled end of the lever 7 4, 75 which -imay be spring-controlled vor pedal-actuated, is thenv depressed to raise l `ure 8) wherein ysaidsea'l .isheld in lposition the presser plate-76 and compressthe rubber f v p die 87 which is 'carried 'in and by thelling head 4tightly 4on-to the lneck A'of thefbottle whilst filling under pressure.

13,-and the Waterway 89 (see .Figure 7) into the aerat1ng,m1X1-ng and compressor vessel 3, at t-he same time the cams 17 and 18 on r the carrier16 function t'o `admit` gas to the aerating vessel andl then `out off ythe gasand admit aerated liquid thruoghwthe tube 31 in bottle Vbreakage impossible, the said cams and head of the crank pin functioning oneach revolutionof the handv wheel 9 of the pump 5 aforesaid. n Y Then theA bottle is filled with Iaerated liq- Lruid, `the pump 5 is'stop'ped,and the lever 65 posed standards 1, 1 and at a convenientV of fthe bottle elevating'deviceA is pressed according tothe size cf theV bottleto -be lilled, 'Y -to create a flow v0f liquid` through the pipes downwards, with the result that the cam A vplates 62 swing forward, and by the engagera iso' ment of their cam edgesor surfaces 69 with the pin 68 of the'slidably mounted block 67,

forces saidV block 67, and with it the bottle, upwardsand eiect the crown-sealing of said bottle. Y

0n release of the lever 65,' the cam plates GQfreturn by gravity to their Original position and with them also said crowning lever G5. The lever 74 which eiiected the conipression of the rubber. .gasket 87 on tothe l neclrfof the bottle is released and is returned to its normal position, as does also the rubber-padded cup 70 of thebottle elevating device, whereupon the filled and crown-sealed .bottle is removed, facilitated by Vmeans, lof a spring ejector 88 '(see Figure Y) located within the cover 2' and eXtendinginto the filler head 4 aforesaid.

' The hand wheel, when speeding-up of output is required may be driven by any convenient arrangementof power-driven mechanism. y

It is to be understood that the crownjcaps may be fed by hand, or automatically by any convenient arrangement of mechanism.

I claim l. .In a bottling machine, in combination, l Y a chamber to contain liquid to` be bottled, a

, pump for delivering liquid to said chamber,

a 'valve controlled gas supply yconnection to said chamber independent of said pump, a stationary'bottle filling head, a valve con- Y trolling delivery of liquid from said chamber to said filling head, a pump operating mechanism inclusive' of meanslfor actuatling said valves,"and cap retaining andY crimping means within said head.

2; In a bottling machine, in combination, a chamber to contain liquid to be bottled, a pump for delivering liquid to said chamber, a valve controlled gas supply connectionto said chamber independent of said vpump, a stationary bottleV filling head, a

valve controlling delivery'oi:l liquid fromsaid chamber to said filling head, ya pump operating mechanism inclusive of means for actuating said valves, and a snifting valve con- I nected with said filling head and also underY the control of said pump operating mechav nism.

3. In a bottle filling machine, a lling head, a chamber to contain liquid for delivery to said filling head, a pair of valves slidably'mo-unted in parallel relation within said filling head respectively controlling delivery of gas to said chamber and liquid from said chamber to said filling` head, a'pump Jfor supplying liquid to said chamber, pump operating means, and cam means on said pump operating means for actuating said valves.

'Y In testimony whereof I have aiiiXed'my signature hereto this 12th dayV of April, 1928.

ARTHUR JAMESV BILIJOWS. 

